What is 36/68 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 36/68 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 36/68 simplified to lowest terms is 9/17

36

/

68

=

9

/

17

9/17 is the simplified fraction of 36/68.

Simplifying Fraction 36/68 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 36/68 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [36] and denominator [68].

GCF of 36 and 68 is 4

And then divide both the numerator [36] and denominator [68] by the GCF [4].

36 ÷ 4

/

68 ÷ 4

=

9

/

17

Simplifying Fraction 36/68 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 36/68 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [36] and denominator [68].

Prime Factors of 36: 2,2,3,3

Prime Factors of 68: 2,2,17

Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:

2 × 2 × 3 × 3

/

2 × 2 × 17

=

9

/

17

Simplifying Fraction 36/68 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [36] and denominator [68] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

36 ÷ 2

/

68 ÷ 2

=

18

/

34

18 ÷ 2

/

34 ÷ 2

=

9

/

17

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
36/53	36/53
36/54	2/3 (⅔)
36/55	36/55
36/56	9/14
36/57	12/19
36/58	18/29
36/59	36/59
36/60	3/5 (⅗)
36/61	36/61
36/62	18/31
36/63	4/7
36/64	9/16
36/65	36/65
36/66	6/11
36/67	36/67
36/68	9/17
36/69	12/23
36/70	18/35
36/71	36/71
36/72	1/2 (½)
36/73	36/73
36/74	18/37
36/75	12/25
36/76	9/19
36/77	36/77
36/78	6/13
36/79	36/79
36/80	9/20
36/81	4/9
36/82	18/41

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36/68 Simplified